Bellinzona was able to take advantage of the arrival of the Neuchâtel Xamax kids at the Comunale to find their first victory of 2026 and return to moving the table after three consecutive setbacks. The Granata won 5-0 without overdoing it over a French-speaking team that left practically all their starters at home to play everything in Tuesday’s match, when Yverdon will arrive at Maladière in the match valid for a place in the semi-final of the Swiss Cup.
And so in Ticino, by will of president François Collet, a group of players between the ages of 16 and 20 came down, many from Team BEJUNE U19, i.e. the youth grouping of Bienne, Jura and Neuchâtel, which made the leaders of Étoile Carouge turn up their noses, who have to defend their salvation right at the bottom of the ACB and who tonight maintained their 4-point lead by virtue of the 2-1 found against Rapperswil. Comunale’s challenge was decided in the first half in which Sannino’s team started strong, opening the scoring in the 6th minute with Trapero and doubling the score on a penalty with Rey in the 18th minute. Again the Spaniard and then Rossier allowed the Granata to go into the break at 4-0, while in the second half Sadiku, starting from the bench, set the final seal.
